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Thief Simulator 2

CookieDev · PlayWay S.A. · 2023-10-04

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 14, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

The door to your robber’s career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!

Thief Simulator 2 is an Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 6838 reviews).

94
playing now
88%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (2.2k downloads)
4.29★
PlayStation Store rating (1,229 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 50h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

94 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The door to your robber's career is waiting! Just crowbar the lock off and force your way through the threshold. Learn skills, collect tools and become a master of the thieving trade!(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Thief Simulator 2 trailer thumbnail

Thief Simulator 2 | Official Release Trailer 🕵️‍♂️🔐

≈412,094 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 94 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 914 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 138k–311k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,919 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$13.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.39 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 29 observed days · $9.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20232026Week of 2023-10-01: 1,445 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

573532026-09-15 12:00 — 138 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 86 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 62 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 175 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 111 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 53 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 78 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 117 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 68 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 201 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 241 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 129 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 329 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 446 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 166 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 314 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 443 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 153 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 206 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 402 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 145 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 103 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 229 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 94 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k116Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 1,315 · peak 4,144Nov 2023 — avg 344 · peak 821Dec 2023 — avg 284 · peak 592Jan 2024 — avg 220 · peak 486Feb 2024 — avg 142 · peak 330Mar 2024 — avg 227 · peak 491Apr 2024 — avg 195 · peak 462May 2024 — avg 218 · peak 574Jun 2024 — avg 223 · peak 535Jul 2024 — avg 221 · peak 430Aug 2024 — avg 197 · peak 549Sep 2024 — avg 171 · peak 408Oct 2024 — avg 136 · peak 272Nov 2024 — avg 148 · peak 362Dec 2024 — avg 169 · peak 349Jan 2025 — avg 174 · peak 401Feb 2025 — avg 142 · peak 401Mar 2025 — avg 155 · peak 371Apr 2025 — avg 117 · peak 280May 2025 — avg 277 · peak 816Jun 2025 — avg 184 · peak 479Jul 2025 — avg 224 · peak 596Aug 2025 — avg 178 · peak 436Sep 2025 — avg 176 · peak 476Oct 2025 — avg 154 · peak 364Nov 2025 — avg 116 · peak 321Dec 2025 — avg 195 · peak 444Jan 2026 — avg 210 · peak 517Feb 2026 — avg 127 · peak 345Mar 2026 — avg 198 · peak 442Apr 2026 — avg 161 · peak 381May 2026 — avg 128 · peak 363Jun 2026 — avg 206 · peak 502Jul 2026 — avg 173 · peak 425Aug 2026 — avg 299 · peak 851
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-292026-10-142026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.392023-10-042026-10-142023-10-04 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $17.592023-12-01 — best price $17.592023-12-22 — best price $16.992024-01-20 — best price $16.592024-03-04 — best price $15.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-04-26 — best price $15.392024-06-09 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $14.592024-07-22 — best price $13.992024-09-13 — best price $13.592024-10-27 — best price $13.392024-11-27 — best price $13.192024-12-10 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-01 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-04 — best price $19.992025-05-18 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-20 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-29 — best price $19.992026-06-12 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

802026-10-01 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
83.4%
earned "Escape cops"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-12-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,1979%50
PS5 (PlayStation)95917%51
Xbox Series (Xbox)4508%50
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CrimeHeistIndieActionCasualDrivingHackingStealthAdventureOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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